Happy Groundhog's Day!

In celebration of Groundhog's Day on February 2nd, Mrs. McMullen, Lydia's mom,  brought in a special treat for the class today. It was delicious!  Thanks Mrs. McMullen and Lydia.
Here are some pics of the class enjoying this special treat.

Next Week

Next week we'll begin Unit 4 in reading.  Our skills for next week will be; consonant le pattern, drawing conclusions, and adjectives.  In writing we're also learning how to write elaborative main events.
For math, we'll begin Unit 7 continuing with computation.
Science- Balance and Motion will continue.  Did you like your student's mobiles???
Miss Waskow will start teaching writing next week as well.  She's slowly adding all of the subjects.
If the weather permits we'll be celebrating the 100th day on Monday, February 7th.  Come on Groundhog, help us out!!!

Specials for next week are; Mon- Day 1, Tues- Day 2, Wed- Day 3, Thurs. - Day 4, Fri.- Day 5

I think that's it for now!  Have a wonderful, restful weekend! :)

Balance and Motion!

We've restarted our Science unit on Balance and Motion.  There are lots of hands on activities and the students are loving it!!! I'm adding some pictures of them balancing a pencil on it's point.  Ask them about the balance point and counter balances.  Fun!!!

today

Hi Parents,
Today we had a busy day.  Miss Waskow started teaching whole group reading.  We had our Unit 3 week 5 spelling and reading tests.  We learned about division and reviewed parts of narrative and informational writing!  Whew!
We're keeping our fingers crossed and hoping we can make it through the whole week without any delays or cancellations.
Tomorrow we'll review our Unit 6 math concepts and have a test on those skills on Wednesday. 
We will have an assembly on Friday morning and a guidance lesson Friday afternoon. In addition, we'll have  our Unit 3 reading test.  Remember, no spelling test this week. Also we'll celebrate Groundhog's Day on Friday with a fun activity.
I think that's it for now!  Let me know if you have any questions. Thankyou.

Today

Hi!  Students enjoyed our day today.  Students had fun playing math games today to work on skills.   Our math test will be moved to Tuesday, weather permitting.  Remember, students will have their weekly reading test and spelling tests on Monday.
We started cursive today!! Everyone is very excited! We will continue through the alphabet. 
Next week, Miss Waskow will take over teaching whole group reading as well as math.  She is doing an excellent job and the students are really responding to her.
I think that's it for now.
Have a wonderful weekend!  And stay warm!  Brrrrr!!

Change of Schedule

Wow!! This weather has been crazy!  Due to the snow day and the 2 hour delay today we'll have to make a few changes in our schedule.
First off, we will move our weekly spelling and reading tests to Monday, Jan. 27th. We'll also begin our unit review next Monday.  We'll review Unit 3 Reading skills for the rest of the week, ending the week with our Unit 3 Reading test next Friday.  There will not be any new spelling words next week.  In addition, we'll have our Unit 6 math test on Wed., Jan29th.  I hope that helps with any confusion you may have.
* One caveat- this schedule will only work if we don't have any more snow days or delays in the next week.  We can keep our fingers crossed! :-/

Popcorn Day!!!

Here we are enjoying our yummy popcorn as we celebrate National Popcorn Day!!!  Yay!!! Thanks again, Mrs. McMullen.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Here are a few pics of the kids learning about Martin Luther King Jr. as they read their Scholastic News together.  Fun!!!

National Popcorn Day & Next week

Hi there!  Happy National Popcorn Day!!!
Mrs. McMullen told us that is was National Popcorn Day and wanted to bring in a special popcorn treat for the class!!  It was delicious and fun!  Thank you Mrs. McMullen and Lydia!!!

We've had another busy day today! We took our reading and spelling tests this morning as well as caught up on all our center work.  Students then have the opportunity to play reading board games in groups to practice comprehension skills.

For next week; Remember- no school for students on Monday.  We will be starting a new story about George Washington Carver.  Our comprehension skill is; fact and opinion.  Phonics skill is er, est endings.
Miss Waskow will begin teaching math next week.  We're still working through unit 6.  Our test will be the following week.

Special days for next week are; T- day 5, W- day 6, Th- day 1, Fri- day 2
Don't forget those library books next Friday!!!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Today was a busy day!!!

Today, we had a new addition to our class! Miss Waskow, a student teacher from Elizabethtown College has joined our class and will be with us through March.  We're so excited to have her!!!
In writing we're learning how to use suspense.  Today we used the technique; Magic of 3.  We had lots of brain breaks today, our avatar grew up so we chose a new one!!!! we are active in Rm. 28.  We had gym class today and did a super job.  We had a short warmup and learned how to play basketball.

We have lots going on this week too.  Some of the students were given "new" spelling words.  Ask your child if he/ she is working on different words.  We'll continue with unit 3 in reading this week. We'll continue to learn about adding suspense to our writing.
In math, we're still working through Unit 6,  we reviewed addition and subtraction number stories today.
Just a reminder- Monday, January 20th is a teacher work day.  Students will not have school.

Our specials this week; M- day6, T- day 1, W- day 2, Th- day 3, Fri.- day 4

Have a great week!!!

Welcome Back!

I'd like to wish you all a Happy New Year and welcome back to school! This week we're going to try to dive right back into the curriculum if the weather cooperates.   We'll begin Unit 3 week 3 with our Question of the Week- How can creative thinking solve a problem?  We will also review and learn compound words, comparing and contrasting, and past, present and future tenses of verbs.
We will begin Unit 6 in math which concentrates on different addition and subtraction strategies.
Please help your child dress appropriately for the weather.  Students will go out to recess for weather that is above 15 degrees.  Brrr!